Experience Japan Extended to Saturday, March 26, 2016

Good news everyone! They extended the Experience Japan for another few months! Before it was to October 2015 only. So I wanted to put together my compilation of Genki Gajin Japan benefits!

For Air travel:

ANA has the best deal, just have a foreign passport, and a ticket to japan and you can fly any inter-Japan Flight for 10,800 JPY per segment: https://www.ana-cooljapan.com/ejf/ . So for about $90 USD you end up getting a full fare Y class ticket for any route including Okinawa Naha to Hokkaido Sapporo (normally $400). Additionally If you use your United Mileage Plus Number you get 150% miles and segments good for Premier Status. To book, just use your latest international flight ticket number, and foreign passport number, or book a Happy Plus Peach flight that is fully refundable ($10 rebooking fee). Use that number, then cancel the ticket (www.flypeach.com). At the airport they have never really checked my ticket, but have always verified my passport.

For Trains we have Japan Rail Pass: http://www.japanrailpass.net/en/ the trick is for this one is to send the rail pass to an American address and then reship it to the FPO/APO. This pass allows unlimited rides on the JR run railways, buses, and ferry boats for 38,880 yen (first class) or 29,110 yen (normal class) for 7 days. Very worth it considering a bullet train is around $100 one way. You must pick the region to get a pass. There are offices that will exchange the pass for an actual ticket.

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2 Responses to Experience Japan Extended to Saturday, March 26, 2016

Have you actually tried your forwarding instructions? It’s my understanding that your passport should have a visitor stamp (which military members won’t have) in order to exchange the pass for a ticket.

I have good intel that Iwakuni rail station is the only place that will activate the rail pass with a SOFA stamp. I know for sure the KIX rail station checks for the sticker and will deny issuance of a rail ticket.